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E. S. WILLIAMS.

SANITARY SERVING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DECJG. 191R.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

2 SHEETSSHEET E. S. WILLIAMS.

SANITARY SERVENG DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 16. 1911;.

1,318,364. Patented Aug. 19,1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Inventor.

a .f Maw THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAP'I co., WASHINGTON, n :4

ERNEST s. WILLIAMS, or ronoivro, oN'rAnIo, CANADA.

SANITARY SERVING DEVICE;

To all may concern:

' Be -it knownthatvLER NEsT a subject of the King oi Great Britain, and

resident of the city of, Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario,in the Dominion of Canada, have invented .cer tain fnew and v usefulImprovements 1n Sanitary Servmg,

Devices; described in the followingvspeciflcation ;and illustrated} theaccompanying are secured to the'topsof the rear uprightsy Thelipper.portions 650i the bars b extehd drawings that ,form part of r the same.

a Thepr'incipal objectsof this invention are to protect theflfooddisplayed for sale in restaurants from; contamination; bythe cus-Vtomersipassingcloselythereto and to devise a serv-ingi fiapparatusfacilitating the quick handling of foodwhile maintaining the-pro;

tection thereof, and also to enable the, :op-

eration being efii'ected with [the i use I of i one.

. The principal f f eiinventioncom sists in-.the.;novel construction and-,arrangement of parts whereby the articles of food are completelycovered inupon the front side and are arranged individually and "adaptedto be (withdrawn. by gthe customer without interference?- withaotherarticles, the indi vidual articles: "being {arranged-in-v separatecompartments closed at the \frontby individuallyopening doorss 7 A? fu,her; important feature 7 consists in the noyel-manner of opening thedoorsland in eflecting their .;.closure upon the removal ofithe goods.

In. the drawings, VFigure .1 his a perspec- V tive -viewi of a portionsot a serving device aconstruoted according to this..-.-invention,;=

showing -thei various positions ofithe meme bersin the;'I'BmOV311'Df;the goods;- v V 2- is anyzunderside 'plani'viewof a seriesof servinggdevices illustrating thevar rious 1 positions of {the 'partsin the-removal ofthegoodssy According to the=laws-recentlyenacted-respeoting the protection 7 of :cooked. 'foods in restaurantsitha-s become necessary tozprotect suchfmaterials from contamination andto place allx such- :food' stufi's behind a protect ing screen which in,placcsiswhere thefood is V displayedwfor'sale isqof glass. Theseregulaaflzamedsicohstnuciteds of;frontaandzbaclriupsetions have rendered thematter of servings the, public in-i cafeterias much more 'difiicult and;this I invention has been devised to provid'ea the protectionrequiredwhile: enabling the-customer to serve himself;

Inothe'forin OiitheinventiOn hereinshown J p e aS Sl-TCh fflIQ remoedsfrom aheffront $16.91)? P Specification of LettersPatent.

S. WILLIAMS,

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Applicationifiled December 1c. 1913. Serial ne zsmqoa ,7

beyond the rear-uprightsand are connected together byi an angle bar 7 Acorresponding angle barfi is secureditowm thetop of thefront uprightsand 5% Sheet of glaSs;9 or? other suitable material is-zpla'cel' uponsaid angles and term .a top.-

Transverse bars 10 areiarranged between '7 the front uprights, theirupper; surfacesqbe ing' arranged slightly below; the .AgI'OOVGd-J stripsA and suitable doors ll are arranged;-

rr t t ngito,cl0se the openings. thus formed. Theg'i doors are; hereshown arranged in pairs, Q hinged at the sides to the vertical barsLand-1' closingcentrally and they-are, formed'witlr glass panels intheupper portion andpro,- vided with spaces 12 in the lower front sides} toreceive-indicating cards for inames and 5 prices of the goods; Thedoorsare prefer-p;

ably spring held closed.

Sliding shelves 13 are .arrangedwbetweenfl the plates; 3;havinglaterally eXtendi-ngf flanges lfisliding in the groovedstripsL O Thefront ends of these shelves are; iprefer-z ably rounded and in thecenter theyare pro-v r vided with handle projections--15;:Theseaprojections are arranged to fitsnugly against the topsurface ofthe crossbars .10: and are. oflset downwardly to form a positivesstopito' 1 limittheir inward movement, "the, outer-end w projectingsoas to be readily;.grasped between the thumb and-finger in order to be" withdrawn.- 7 1 Y1 The doors close over the handle members '15 and abutithe front edgesof the'shelves,-w.

being held in-contact therewith by the-spring; hinges, which may be ofany suitable; form. The structure thus'formedzprovides' a series ofvertical shelves and any desirable numgzibersamayo beaarranged inthewsta'cki .These shelves are "preferably fformed i with up f.

wardly extending fianges'lti at the backend 5 and they areiopen from-therear so'that-the attendants: may placeisfresh article's thereon;

,customersfOne of each pair of doors -is Provided h p eies tingratqhet ur fl tance, so that a'customer may pull the shelf out tintil it locksand Inay then remove the plate or other dish from-theshelf.

The doors are held in'a position sloping slightly; inward When-theratchet lug engages'theshelf, so that the distance betweentheouter'edges :of the'doorsis less than the 7 (shelf; R

diameter of the 7 plate carried- 1ponjtl1e shelf;

and when the customer removes the I plate swing "themi farther apart,thereby" releasing the ratchet" lug fromlengagemient 'yvith theThe-shelves W es-ab jdravvn Ibackwardly *upon being so released to theiro'rigi} nal positionjby means of- 'a suitable ispring which is hereshownas-a flat; spring 19 se- -cured togtheginner sidej' of the front bar 10and engagin the shelf.

their closed'position- :The' inner sides of he'doors- 11 are I videdwith inwardly extending flanges 21 I arranged at the bottom of'the glasspanels.

1 I The operation is extremely-simple, the

Counter 7 I shelfr- These flanges are? provided to extend over I theedgesof the plate hile it is being'with'f drawn, so as to prevent} theplate tipping f? and also to' protect theglass-in the doors"? from beingscratchedbyfthe 'removal of the plate.

the handle 15" With the thumbj -and foreoftheishelf engagingthe innersides of the doors swings them upon their hingesifuntil'; theratchet-lug on the 'door'enters the notch; v The-h andle is thenreleased but the shelf? stays out-and; the plate 'isthen graspedbyf thecustomer'a'nd withdrawn; 'As the pla te isdrawn out it spreads the doorsfarther 4 I apart releasing the shelf gwhich immediately sp'ringsybackto its original position} and upon the final removalof the plate'j'from-I 1 contact with thedoors theyswinginvvardly totheclosedfp'osition;Thefcoinpartmentis? 'Ithus closed immediately upon the removal of thegoods sand-the? attendant behind the y place gnew' dishfupon the;

vidingifa .structure :Iarrangedi ain separate 1 tained. I I 1 I What I--clai m asmy invention is 1'1"} I for, operating said'closuresfactuated by the I I I a frame havinga pluralityjof individual the edgesof the plate engage the doors'and jclosing" said c1osure upoaq remova"the article from tlIWCOIIlPaItIIIGIIfJ "I f Itwiu' -r ly understoodthat the detail construction of a device" such as herein described may.be {altered very "considerably r Without: departing from-' 'thespirit'of the in--: ventionz so long as theiinain"featureof-prm openedby customers for the removal of the goods-and-closed after the removal,is main- 7 1. Asanitary serving device comprising,

" a frame-having a plurality of compartments open at theback, closuresIclosingthe fronts of the individualcompartments; and means removal of'anarticle ifrom the co partme t I 2. Ar sanitary serving devicecompr1s1ng,'

compartmentsf closures 1 arranged; Eat the front of each offsaidcompartments, means I for holding said closuresopen forthe ire-f l'movalof the article;contained'vvithinithe V 1 compartment,and'means.forlautomatically r I r r I 3.{Afs anitaryserving devicecomprising, p I I I w ,a' frame having a plurality of-"individual' 'ia'lug 7'20 on the'underside' of henthe plate fully with drawnfromficontact fvvi'th the "doors the; spring hinges'swing he f doorsback into slidably arranged ingsaid frame adaptedtoii be 'dravvnoutwardly" thrOugh'I'Qthe' fr 'Qnt -Q I openings and to open said do0 rs,-n1eansfor"f H returning said shelvesto theirnorrnal 'posi -ggf Jthejarticlercarriedon the shelf,'landfmeansf 1 forfclosing the doorsfollowing} the return' 5 Y of the shelvesitoItheir'normali position: r I

4, A sanitary, servingdevice comprising; a j 'I tions in the framefollowing thelremoval of frame having a plurality of Iindividualcompartments; open-, at" the front, 3spr ing gclp ing" doors-closing thefronts-of ""sa'ifd compartrl 1 ments a slidable shelff'arrangedin eachof customer passing in" front of the case de gf termines the articledesired "and grasping said Compar mentsadapted teb dra vvaror- I Wardlyand to engage and) open the 'doors',

ried upon theshelfig 5 A sanitary serving device comprising;

opening offeach compartment, a gslidable locking the shelf infits exteded positimi; and the doors in their 'open 'position, 1i and Q meansfor'disengaging said locking mea s;

actuated "by th'e removal of thearticlefroinf I a the shelf. 6.- Asanitary -'serving*device comprising mfiy a frame formed ofuprights-;{connected" I pairs by horizontal-member's having" longi 1tudinal grooves in the side *vvalls, transverse 'ybars connectingthe'I-uprights; shelves ieX- I r r tending r between i'said horizoiitalmembers'J30 j I means for holding .thedoors open vvlienltlie 'shelf isdrawn forwardly, and 'me'a'ns'ffor I lreturningfthe 'shel'f;tofitsnorinah positionj II actuatedby the jre'movalijof the articlecar-J; i 151;; -13 11 r 115. i shelf arranged in each of said comparements' and adapted'to'ibe drawnforwardly; I spring means for returningthe j shelf "t'oits'-f normal position, means for j'temporarily' i andsliding in the grooves therein and having rounded forward ends andprovided with projecting handles, doors arranged in individual pairsclosing the openings to the individual shelves and spring held incontact with the rounded ends of said shelves, a latch member adapted totemporarily lock said shelf in a forwardly extended position and thedoors partly open and adapted upon the further opening of the doors torelease'said shelf, and spring means for returning the shelf to itsnormal position.

guides, doors arranged between the front uprights adapted to closeautomatically, and a rigid shelf secured to the top of said uprights andextending over said movable shelves.

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